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Table 6: Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits



Response to Parliamentary Committees

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

  • Employability in Canada: Preparing for the Future. Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (Adopted by the Committee on March 13, 2008; Presented to the House on April 2, 2008)
  • Government Response to the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities—Employability in Canada: Preparing for the Future (Presented to the House on July 16, 2008)


Response to the Auditor General (including to the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)
None noted for the period.


External Audits (Note: These refer to other external audits conducted by the Public Service Commission of Canada or the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages)

The Department of Finance Canada was not included in the sample of departments and agencies audited in 2008–09 by the Official Languages Commissioner for 2008–09. In addition, as a result of the Department’s exemplary performance in the past, the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) has exempted the Department from the obligation to report on the governance and the implementation of departmental official languages programs. For the 2008–09 period, OCHRO will instead rely on statistical data submitted regularly through the Position and Classification Information System.

The Department of Finance Canada was included in the Public Service Commission of Canada’s Government-wide Audit of Executive (EX) Appointments. The files that were audited were related to EX appointments made in 2006 under the new Public Service Employment Act. Draft audit results, including the findings related to the Department, were reported to the Department’s senior management in the summer of 2008, and the final report was tabled in Parliament by the Public Service Commission of Canada in October 2008. The Department took immediate actions, including the development of an action plan to further improve EX appointment processes. The majority of action items identified in response to the audit have been completed, including a major initiative to train all departmental executives in EX staffing. A few remaining long-term items, such as the issuance of a tool to guide executives in their appointment decisions, are expected to be completed by the Fall of 2009.